The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-04-24
oun MEN OF Brains.
The COsis, os IhteIIects start Out In Par-
suIt of square aToaI.

The Ccssa os IhfeIIects start Out In Par
suit of "a square 7Toal.
The editor cannot live on his brain food
alone, and hungry nature occasionally
forces him 10 the free-lunoh counters when
he hasn't the price of a spare meal in his
pocket. So the members Of the Cosmos,
fed on history and literature. and science
for many months, have been finally forced
to yield to the cravings of the inner man.
They had sustained themselves on Bacon
and CFabbe IS long as they could, aud at
yaylor's Hotel Thursday night the tackled
the problem Of Extracting the square
root from one of Proprietor De Reyeres
-ehoice bills of fare. The best had prepared
Lis Menu With special view to the wants
of the hour, and he led the delighted
aiomaehs of the brains that gathered at his
board through neat courses OF Blue Points
and soups, and fish and entrees and roasts
and deserts till some. as they confessed,
became too full for utterance. Rev Z J..
,Stcddard, the President of the Cosmos,
who presided with native dignity and grace,
.disavowed al ability to be funny, but man
aged withal to say some pretty good things.
Meanwhile the smoking dinner had been
/remoyed. IT had besn so well oigested
that by the time DR.. Stoddard arose the
men who had eaten 1t were smoking.
Mr.. Stoddart Q purpose in rising was to
propose the toasts. they had all been
prepared by the rule os contraries; though
it was neat hit of those who devised it
to force the editor of so vile sheet as the
Journal is known to be to argue that news
papers should be abolished by law. Speak
ing to the other side, Rev. j. L. Scudder,
who is broad and liberal in his views, said
II "a 81,
day newspapers. There is @ competition,
be admitted, between the newspaper and
the pulpit, and the stupid minister could
never expect to hold his audience, he said,
against the attractions of bright news
paper Tie rivalry would tend, he thought,
to make the pulpit the brighter and the
congregation would derive the benefit. The
Rext er2un entatige toast Was on "PreRoh-
iag-does it Go any goods? G. H. Heioke
WIS the gladiator on the affirmative side,
because he never misses a ckance 10 drive
at the dominiss, aud Rev. j. FL. Suydam,
VINO took the other side, sheathed good
many weil-merited thrusts at the pulpit in
tho scabbard of humor. When Lawyer
DANES Fleming arose to argue .syes" on The
proposition
ModerpeN Furry would rot the world be
better without it 2"
to argue on. But he cieyerly took the wind
out Of Rev. Father Hennessy's sails Father
Hennessy was to argue on the other side
by proving eyes, the werl would not be b
ter without modern hurry" But Rev. Father
Hennessy neatly adjusted himself to the
situation and ably bore up his side. Pres
iident VIM. Muirheid, of the Palmas, YVES
to have argued that club life docs not pay,
but he wasn't on hand, and George Heaney
made q neat little eff hand address in his /
stead. Rev. DR.. Helbrook, who argued
that club life does pay, couldn't for the
life of him divine why he had been made
the champion Of that cause, for preachtr
was not supposed to know the difference
between a spade and club. John w.
Herbert reasoned next that the sslf-msds
man is the better man, and as he isn't en-
tirely self-made man himself. he argusd
it from thoroughly disintert sted stand
point. DR., Newell, who was to have de-
tended the contra of the proposition,
couldn't bring himself to it, and he was on
Heibert's side too.
s.The Irrepressible Trishnaa What
about bise?'
brought witty answer from the Rev.
Father Uorrlgan Of Hoboken, IN which he
told a good deal about what he knew about |
Pat. and loved him for his Thousands of |
generous traits that kiss all his faults and |
weaknesses out of view.
aThis Dutchman that's to 60 for Pat |
Heck, as l sea by the toast programme
he'd better look out for himself" exelsim-
ad the Rev Father Heck had evidently |
taken the advice in advance. and VIM. ). |
Baker had to argue against Pat in the er-
AssembIymans absence. Rev w. Il. J n
vey, of Hoboken, imagined the word |
without woman and especiailyJ Jersey @ ty |
without woman and School Princip. ] |
Robert Waters followed in the same strain. |
Both speeches were models. School Su-
periatsndent A. w Edson talked about
humanity with schools, and Principal Q.
@. St1imets,of the Hasbrouck Institute. on
schools without humanity. Daring tie
course of his remsrks Mr.. Edison said that
some Children sre sent to school so cary
in life that their parents should send bot
Ties and cradles along with them. Mr..
Strimets made pointy little address, that
was enthusiastically. received. w. i. Ev-
ans talked about art, and the entertain
ment was brought TO close by deligh.-
full little wrangIe between Mayor Collins
and Rev DR.. Harcourt about lawyers be-
ipga necessary evil. Among others no
ticed there were. Postmaster Gnpslll, DIR.
watson. Mr.. Fry, w. w. Coffin, President
of The Csrtaret Club; George Smith, John
a. Walker, E. ". Harrison and 9. Il. Ben
son -
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